Ocotillo, Desert’s “Gray Sticks” are Beginning to Turn Green — Images by kenne
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Ocotillos Are Beginning to Leaf In The Sonoran Desert 3 comments
Early Signs of Spring Wildflowers 1 comment
“Wings Among Yellow Flowers” Mustard Plant WIldflowers In Sabino Canyon, January 21, 2015 — Images by kenne
mustard
On the Parable of the Mustard Seed
Who ever saw the mustard-plant,
wayside weed or tended crop,
grow tall as a shrub, let alone a tree, a treeful
of shade and nests and songs?
Acres of yellow,
not a bird of the air in sight.
No, He who knew
the west wind brings
the rain, the south wind
thunder, who walked the field-paths
running His hand along wheatstems to glean
those intimate milky kernels, good
to break on the tongue,
was talking of miracle, the seed
within us, so small
we take it for worthless, a mustard-seed, dust,
nothing.
Glib generations mistake
the metaphor, not looking at fields and trees,
not noticing paradox. Mountains
remain unmoved.
Faith is rare, He must have been saying,
prodigious, unique—
one infinitesimal grain divided
like loaves and fishes,
as if from a mustard-seed
a great shade-tree grew. That rare,
that strange: the kingdom
a tree. The soul
a bird. A great concourse of birds
at home there, wings among yellow flowers.
The waiting
kingdom of faith, the seed
waiting to be sown.
— Denise Levertov
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Capturing The Moment — Exploring The Desert Purple Haze Leave a comment
Exploring the Desert Purple Haze — Image by kenne
Purple Haze all in my brain,
lately things don’t seem the same,
actin’ funny but I don’t know why
‘scuse me while I kiss the sky.
— from Purple Haze, by Jimi Hendrix
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“We shall not cease from exploration,
and the end of all our exploring
will be to arrive where we started
and know the place for the first time.”
— T. S. Eliot
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Capturing The Moment — 12/13/14 Sunset Images 4 comments
Sunset, 12/13/14 — Computer Painting by kenne
12/13/14 Sunset Images by kenne
At this hour the soul is like a yellow wing
slipping through the treetops, a little ecstatic
cloud hovering over the sidewalks, calling out
to the approaching night, Amaze me, amaze me,” . . .
— from “Poor Angels” by Edward Hirsch
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Black and White Desert Scene — “Time Present And Time Past” 3 comments
“Time present and time past . . .” — Image by kenne
Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.
What might have been is an abstraction
Remaining a perpetual possibility
Only in a world of speculation.
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present.
Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden. My words echo
Thus, in your mind.
— T. S. Eliot
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Somewhere Over The Canyon Leave a comment
Somewhere Over The Canyon — Image by kenne
An awesome vista
Somewhere over the canyon
The moment is paused.
— kenne
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In The Shadow Of Death Leave a comment
In The Shadow of Death — Sepia Painting by kenne
The shadow of death
A passage of desert time
With birth at its feet.
Each day is blessed
With new replacing the old
For which we give thanks.
— kenne
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Paperflower Plants In Sabino Canyon Leave a comment
Paperflower (Psilostrophe cooperi), November 10, 2014 — Image by kenne
The SCVN A Naturalist’s Guide To Sabino Canyon states:
Quarter-sized bright yellow composite flowers with 3-6 petals on bushy plants to 2 ft.
Thin, lance-shaped, gray-green leaves with white hairs. Blooms most reliably Apr-Jun.
Fun Fact: Flowers fade to white and stay on long after blooming.
These plants are still providing much color this fall in Sabino Canyon.
kenne
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Capturing The Moment — High Water At Sabino Canyon Dam 1 comment
Thanks to Phil Bentley for These Images
After over an inch and a half of rain in a 24 hour period and over five inches on Mt. Lemmon (the major feeder to Sabino Canyon Creek) our Thursday elementary school class had a rare treat, lots of water generating lots of noise over Sabino Canyon Dam.
kenne
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A Moment Captured In Molino Canyon Leave a comment
Captured In Molino Canyon, Santa Catalina Mountains, September 25, 2014 by kenne
not knowing its name
still, someone named this flower
experts will tell me
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Canyon Morning Glory 1 comment
Canyon Morning Glory, Molino Canyon, September 25, 2014
This morning glory
Brightens up the canyon walls,
My smile reflects it.
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Desert Cassia Blossom and Caterpillar 2 comments
Desert Cassia Blossom (Senna polyphylla) and Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillar — Image by kenne
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Monsoon Rains In Sabino Canyon 5 comments
Monsoon Rains In Sabino Canyon (September 8, 2014) — Images by kenne
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De Grazia — The Man Was In The Grove 1 comment
De Grazia Gallery In The Sun, Tucson
One of my favorite places in Tucson is the De Grazia Gallery In The Sun — I go there every chance I get to learn about and admire the work of Ted De Grazia. The gallery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and houses six permanent collections of paintings that trace historical events and native cultures of the Southwest.
Having just learned of a new book, De Grazia – The Man and Myths, by James W. Johnson and Marilyn D. Johnson, I’m eager to buy it and learn more about De Grazia. In the following video, the authors talk about the making of their book.
Family Visiting the Gallery While In Tucson
The Gallery In The Sun is a must stop for family and friends visiting us here in Tucson.
One of my favorite Ted DeGrazia paintings — Tambolero
De Grazia’s art work overshadows his skills as a musician and composer. A trumpeter, De Grazia had a “big band” orchestra during the 1930’s, which help pay his tuition at the University of Arizona where he earned a Master of Arts with his thesis, “Art and its Relation to Music in Music Education.” One of my favorite De Grazia painting is that of a drummer, “Tambolero,” which brings to mind Steve Gadd, one of the most well-known and highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry. If you like big band jazz, you will love the following video, Steve Gadd & The Buddy Rich Big Band: Basically Blue.
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Capturing The Moment — Rainbow At Sunset 1 comment
The Sun Has Gone Down, Leaving Behind A Little Rainbow (August 14, 2014) — Image by kenne
The thing to do, it seems to me,
is to prepare yourself
so you can be a rainbow
in somebody else’s cloud.
Somebody who may not look like you.
May not call God
the same name you call God –
if they call God at all.
I may not dance your dances
or speak your language.
But be a blessing to somebody.
That’s what I think.
–Maya Angelou
